Ayesha Casely-Hayford | Actress | Ian Findlay Photography
Slights & Others v Crossroads Pantomimes Ltd & Others: A Case Summary Slights & Others v Crossroads Pantomimes Ltd and Others is a recent employment tribunal case looking at the legal definition of workers. It has linked my legal and creative worlds and opened up a window into the pantomime business. Equity, the British Actors’ […]
Una Marson: Feminist, activist. Thinker, nationalist. Broadcaster, producer, editor. Writer in Jamaica and England, across the 20s to the 60s of the 20th century she wrote columns, features, reports, poems, manifestos, radio programmes – plays. She edited and published journals, produced culture, and she was the first black radio producer to be employed by the BBC. Via […]
“Everyone on Earth is carrying around an unseen history and that alone deserves some tolerance”from “I Am Becoming” by Michelle Obama Photo credit: Martin Eito Sometimes, for the whole day, I’m simply…Trying to not get TOOOO F*CKING FRUSTRATED TBH. These are my reflections on where I’ve come from and the truth of the strength and […]
LOCS: One choice. One thing I know is 100% true about afro hair, is that we have a lot of choice when it comes to hairstyles. What I also know is true is that a person with afro-textured hair may choose a hairstyle, such as locs, because it helps naturally maintain the hair’s afro-texture as well […]
The Importance Of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest, is a play written by Oscar Wilde. We are performing it as two women of colour, that is myself and actress Kudzanayi Chiwawa. Between us, we are doing ALL of the parts. This means multi-roles, multi-accents and taking the confusion of this play to a […]
“Don’t Mind My Hair” Would you cut your hair in order to get a job? In Afro Archives “A Performer’s World” I asked actors a very specific question “Would you shave off all your hair for a film?” THE ACTING WORLD vs THE REAL WORLD When I asked this question to actors, it got mixed […]
https://youtu.be/UbWqOWDvAy0 An Extract from “We Dance We Work We Sing” created and performed by Ayesha Casely-Hayford at Strood Libraries in Kent, with Lyrici Arts Solo Theatre My solo theatre journey began through creation in workshop with director Colin Watkeys. We Dance We Work We Sing Firstly, to begin at the beginning. I began creating this […]
Rebecca, Arabna & Connie – three voices I look forwarding to sharing on 6th August at Theatre N16 in Balham performing my solo work for the first time this year. “Rebecca, Arabna & Connie” or “We Dance, We Work, We Sing” is my solo theatre creation developed at The Face to Face Festival with Colin […]
“I Am London” is a short film produced by Clarence Films for the launch of Historic England’s “Keep It London” Campaign “Keep It London” – says Historic England – is about keeping London’s big old heart beating. Lots of fuss is made over London, lots of hype. I love London. It’s where I was born […]
From Fear to Confidence: Creating Afro Archives In producing work myself, I’ve found it to be a classic experience of what I’ve read about, and heard about when it comes to voices telling you, you are no good – all of that. I begin doing some work on Afro Archives and get a feeling to […]
